M. André Lapidus

Curriculum Vitae (format texte)

André Lapidus

Emeritus Professor in Economics
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Contact information

PHARE

Maison des Sciences Économiques

106-112 boulevard de l’Hôpital

75647 Paris cedex 13

France

andre.lapidus@univ-paris1.fr

Current position

Emeritus Professor in Economics, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,
Research center: PHARE (2017-).

Honorary President of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) (2022-); President (2018-2020).

Research interests

History of Economic Thought; Decision Theory; Economic Philosophy

Previous academic positions

Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (1988-2017); Université d’Amiens Picardie-Jules Verne (1984-1988).

Lecturer, Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE) (1983-1995).

Associate Professor, Université de Paris-Est Créteil (1983); Université de Rouen Haute-Normandie (1981-1982).

Education

Agrégation in Economics (Tenured professorship, French national examination; rank: 2nd), 1983.

PhD in Economics, Université Paris-Dauphine, 1979.

Selected publications

• André Lapidus, Hugo Grotius on Slavery: Making Sense of the Indefensible, in L. Bréban and J. Dellemotte, History of Economic Thought on Colonization – From Conquista to Reparations, London: Routledge, 2027 [forthcoming].

• André Lapidus, Intellectuel à Vie – Évocation de Daniel Diatkine (1946-2024), Revue d’Histoire de la Pensée Économique, 20(2), 2025.

• André Lapidus and Ecem Okan, David Hume on the Origin of Government: A Restatement, in M. Dal Pont Legrand and S. Gloria (eds.), 40 Years of Economics in the Lenses of Historians of Economic Thought, Cham: Springer, 2025.

• Irina Chaplygina and André Lapidus, Логика схоластической теории процента и ростовщичества: Путешествие по кругам аналитической структуры [The Logic of the Scholastic Theory of Interest and Usury: A Journey Through the Circles of Analytical Structure], in T. Drobyshevskaya (ed.), Шаги вперед: Научные поиски экономистов-историков [Steps forward: Scientific searches of economists-historians], Moscow: Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2025.

• André Lapidus. Hugo Grotius, Google Translate, and Some Others: Issues Regarding Money Loans, in M. Dal Pont, H. Hagemann (eds), Waving the Swedish Flag in Economics, Cham: Springer, 2025.

• Marc-Arthur Diaye, André Lapidus and Christian Schmidt. From Decision in Risk to Decision in Time (and Return): A Restatement of Probability Discounting, Theoretical Economic Letters, 14(5), 2024.

• André Lapidus. Hugo Grotius on Exchange and Price, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 31(4), 2024.

• Pierre Januard and André Lapidus. Trading for no Price, Thomas Aquinas on Money Loans, Sacraments and Exchange, in E. Bertrand and V. Panitch (eds.), Handbook on Commodification, London: Routledge, 2024.

• André Lapidus. Relire Adam Smith aujourd’hui : la « main invisible », une apologie du libéralisme ? The Conversation, 2023.

• André Lapidus. Hugo Grotius on Usury: Acknowledging the End of the Scholastic Argument, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 30(6), 2023.

• Irina Chaplygina and André Lapidus, Theorizing Interest: How Did It Begin? Some Landmarks on the Prohibition of Usury in the Scholastic Economic Thought, in I. Amelung and B. Schefold (eds.), European and Chinese Histories of Economic Thought. Theories and Images of Good Governance, London: Routledge, 2022.

• André Lapidus, Le prêt à intérêt face à la religion et au droit : Imbrication et séparation aux premiers moments d’une histoire longue, in Laurie Bréban, Séverine Denieul, Élise Sultan-Villet (eds), La Science des mœurs au siècle des Lumières. Conception et expérimentations, Paris: Garnier, 2021.

• André Lapidus, David Hume et les règles générales : pourquoi les philosophes auraient-ils plus raison que les autres ?, Philosophiques, 47(1), 2020.

• André Lapidus, Jean-Sébastien Lenfant, Goulven Rubin and Hans-Michael Trautwein (eds.) [Special issue], European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 27(6), 2020.

• Christophe Depoortère, André Lapidus and Nathalie Sigot, Bentham and Ricardo’s rendez-vous manqués, in M. C. Marcuzzo, G. Deleplace, P. Paesani (eds), New Perspectives on Political Economy and Its History, Cham (Switzerland): Palgrave, 2020.

• André Lapidus, Bringing Them Alive, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 26(6), 2019.

• Marc-Arthur Diaye and André Lapidus, Decision and Time from a Humean Point of View, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 26(3), 2019.

• Laurie Bréban and André Lapidus, Adam Smith on Lotteries: An Interpretation and Formal Restatement, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 26(1), 2019.

• André Lapidus, David Hume and Rationality in Decision-Making: A Case Study on the Economic Reading of a Philosopher, in R. Ege and H. Igersheim (eds), The Individual and the Other in Economic Thought, London: Routledge, 2019.

• Irina Chaplygina and André Lapidus, Economic Thought in Scholasticism, in G. Faccarello and H. Kurz (eds), Handbook on the History of Economic Analysis, vol. 2, London: Edward Elgar, 2016.

• Alexander G. Khudokormov and André Lapidus (eds), Экономическая Теория в Историческом Развитии [Economic Theory in a Historical Perspective], Moscow: Infra-M, 2016.

• André Lapidus, Почему История Экономической Мысли Отличается от Других Историй? [Why is History of Economic Thought Different from Other Histories?], in A. Khudokormov and A. Lapidus (eds), 2016.

• Irina Chaplygina and André Lapidus, Экономическая Мысль Средневековой Европы [Economic Thought in Medieval Europe], in A. Khudokormov and A. Lapidus (eds), 2016.

• André Lapidus, Теоретические Цели Физиократии [Theoretical Stakes of Physiocracy], in A. Khudokormov and A. Lapidus (eds), 2016.

• Marc-Arthur Diaye and André Lapidus, Pleasure and Belief in Hume's Decision Process, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 19(3), 2012.

• André Lapidus, The Possibility of a Welfare Policy in a World of Emotion-Driven Individuals, in R. Ege and H. Igersheim (eds), Freedom and Happiness in Economics and Philosophy, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 212-228.

• André Lapidus, The Valuation of Decision and Individual Welfare: A Humean Approach, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 17(1), 2010.

• Marc-Arthur Diaye and André Lapidus, A Humean Theory of Choice of which Rationality May Be One Consequence, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 12(1), 2005.

• Marc-Arthur Diaye and André Lapidus, Why rationality may be a consequence of Hume’s theory of choice (A Rejoinder to R. Sugden), European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 12(1), 2005.

• André Lapidus, Physiocratie, in R. Boudon, M. Cherkaoui, B. Valade (eds.), Dictionnaire de la Pensée Sociologique, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2005. 

• André Lapidus, Le Profit ou la Domination : La Figure de l’Esclave dans l'Économie d'Adam Smith, in F. Célimène and A. Legris (eds), L'Économie de l'Esclavage Colonial, Paris: Editions du CNRS, 2002.

• André Lapidus and Nathalie Sigot, David Ricardo’s Contribution to the Constitution of the Canon of Ricardian Economics: A Reconsideration of 1970’s Interpretations of the 1815 Debate, in E.L. Forget and S. Peart (eds), Reflections on the Classical Canon in Economics, London: Routledge, 2001.

• André Lapidus, La Rationalité du Choix Passionnel : Enquête sur l'Héritage de David Hume, L'Année sociologique, 50(1), 2000. 

•  André Lapidus (ed.), Revue économique 1950-2000 : Un Demi-Siècle en Perspective, Revue économique, 51(5), 2000.

• André Lapidus and Nathalie Sigot, Individual Utility in a Context of Asymetric Sensitivity to Pleasure and Pain: An Interpretation of Bentham’s Felicific Calculus, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 7(1), 2000.

• André Lapidus, Metal, Money and the Prince - John Buridan and Nicholas Oresme after Thomas Aquinas, History of Political Economy, 29(1), 1997.

• André Lapidus, Introduction à une Histoire de la Pensée économique qui ne verra jamais le Jour, Revue économique, 47(4), 1996.

• André Lapidus, Norm, Virtue and Information: Individual Behaviour and the Just Price in Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1(3), 1994.

Working papers

• André Lapidus, The Palimpsest of the Popes: Interest and Usury Beneath the Vow of Poverty (13th Century and After), 2026.

• André Lapidus, The Rise and Fall of the Classical Usury Paradigm: From Thomas Aquinas to Hugo Grotius, 2025.

• André Lapidus, Stochastic Dominance of Any Type and Any Degree, and Expected Utility: A Unifying Approach, 2015.

Teaching responsabilities

Head of the Master program THEME (Theory, History and Methods of Economics; 2005-2016), then SES (Economic and Social Sciences; 2016-2017), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

PhD: Supervisor of about thirty doctoral or HDR dissertations.

Founding member (1998) and member of the Scientific Committee of the Summer School in History of Economic Thought. Coordinator 2008-2017.

Editorial activities

Member of the Scientific Council or Editorial Board of: European Journal of the History of Economic Thought (1996-), Cahiers d’Economie Politique / Economic Papers (2001-), Revue économique (1984-2014), Œconomia (1990-1995), Economie et Institutions (2001-), Историко-Экономические Исследования (2014-).